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IPV4_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_NULL

IPV4_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_NULL

IPV4_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_NULL

Description

Syntax

BIGINT IPV4_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_NULL(VARCHAR ipv4_string)

BIGINT INET_ATON(VARCHAR ipv4_string)

Takes a string containing an IPv4 address in the format A.B.C.D (dot-separated numbers in decimal form). Returns a BIGINT number representing the corresponding IPv4 address in big endian.

Notice

If the input string is not a valid IPv4 address, NULL is returned. This function has an alias of INET_ATON.

Example

mysql> select ipv4_string_to_num_or_null('192.168.0.1'); 
+-------------------------------------------+
| ipv4_string_to_num_or_null('192.168.0.1') |
+-------------------------------------------+
| 3232235521 |
+-------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.01 sec)

mysql> select str, ipv4_string_to_num_or_null(str) from ipv4_str;
+-----------------+---------------------------------+
|str | ipv4_string_to_num_or_null(str) |
+-----------------+---------------------------------+
| 0.0.0.0 | 0 |
| 127.0.0.1 | 2130706433 |
| 255.255.255.255 | 4294967295 |
| invalid | NULL |
+-----------------+---------------------------------+
4 rows in set (0.01 sec)

Keywords

IPV4_STRING_TO_NUM_OR_NULL, INET_ATON, IP